[
US
/səkˈsid/
]
[ UK /səksˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /səksˈiːd/ ]
VERB
-
attain success or reach a desired goal
she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show -
be the successor (of)
Will Charles succeed to the throne?
Carter followed Ford
How To Use succeed In A Sentence
- Her partner deceives her, but she doesn't know it; her children fail, but she is told they succeed; she believes she has the admiration of others, but they laugh at her behind her back.
- I do not pretend to know what combination of threats and cajolements they offered, but they obviously succeeded.
- Thus, our strong emphasis on onset clusters succeeded in inducing a small but reliable transfer effect.
- On June 9, the intrepid Curry will settle in behind the big desk of NBC's top-rated morning show, where she'll succeed Meredith Vieira as Matt Lauer's coanchor. The Biz: Ann Curry's New Today Role
- Other than the wacko fringes of both parties, they have succeeded in merging into one. Your Right Hand Thief
- Management has not succeeded in breaking the strike.
- Her father provided a motivation in her not only to succeed but to triumph. Times, Sunday Times
- There is also a strongly felt obligation to succeed, seen in an emphasis on the importance of formal education. Sociology
- Let us assume for a moment that the plan succeeds.
- Against all odds, he succeeded in carving out a career in the media.
